"Ohio
Spirit Quest"
The
Ohio Spirit Quest series of geocaches will take you to a number of
historic cemeteries built by Buckeye Pioneers. This series is
inspired by and a continuation of the Indiana Spirit Quest caches
created by Six Dog Team. In just over three years, the SPIRIT QUEST
has grown to over 550 caches, with the hiding teams growing as
well. The Ohio Spirit Quest has begun to grown to over 30 in Ohio,
with five current caching teams, three each with A Man and His Dog,
one with a Couple and Their Dog... and one with A Woman and her
Dog. Over 1,000 cachers have logged over
20,000 finds. One cache machine found 111 ISQ caches in a single
day (daylight hours only).
Come with us now for a virtual tour of this old burial ground via
this page, then go out and find the
cache!
Barrett Cemetery
Welcome to Madison
Township, Williams County
OHIO
SPIRIT QUEST #32
"The Barretts"
Cyrus Barrett was born in 1797 at Seneca Falls, Seneca Co, NY.
He married Susannah SETTLEMAYOR from PA and had three children.
With his family, Cyrus returned to NY, probably to Seneca Co. Here
Cyrus and Susannah had three more children. The family then
migrated to Ohio sometime before 1839. Cyrus was the first settler
of Madison Twp., Williams Co, OH. Here in Northwestern Ohio, Cyrus
played a large role in this new township. He, as well as his oldest
son Cyrus, and Elias (probably brother to the elder Cyrus) were
some of the first elected officers of Madison Twp. in 1843. In 1858
both Cyrus and Susannah passed away and were buried in the BARRETT
Cemetery which Cyrus had purchased in the 1830's. His occupation
was farmer, as many people were in those days.
Cyrus was the first settler of Madison Township, Williams Co,
OH, purchasing 240 acres of land from Jonathan Metcalf for $600. In
April 1839 he donated one acre of the land for establishing Barrett
Cemetery. The first election of officers for Madison Twp. was held
in his home. (This information is in County of Williams Ohio, by
Goodspeed, Pub. 1882, Pg. 408).
William was the first white child born in Madison Twp, Williams
Co,Ohio. After the death of his father in 1858, he chose Willard F.
Kelsey as his guardian at the age of 18 years. Kelsey accepted the
appointment and became guardian for the property of William and
given $300 bond on 20 Dec. 1858. Final account was brought on 19
Sep. 1861 in which the balance of $51.53 cents was distributed.
William, son of Cyrus, enlisted as a private on October 7, 1862,
and served in Company F, 38th Reg. Ohio Volunteers Infantry during
the Civil War.
The above information is in County of Williams Ohio, by
Goodspeed, Pub. 1882, Pg. 408; 1850 Williams Co. (Madison Twp),
Ohio, Census, Journal 1, Pg. 207; the Probate Records of Williams
Co, OH, Journal 1, Pg. 328; Probate Records of Williams Co, OH 1
and the Barrett Cemetery Record, Williams Co., Ohio, Pg. 7)
The cache container is a magnetic
keyholder. If you find a fallen US
flag, please stick it back in the ground. As always, please be
respectful, and cache in, trash out.
Placed by a member of:
"Ohio
Spirit Quest" is brought to you by the following fellows of
GEOOSQ*: The SixDogTeam, THE SHADOW, The Moop
Along, -Eleanor-, TeamMina. If you are interested in spreading the
Quest to your neck of the woods AND WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US, email
The Moop Along with caching resume and at least 25 current
notarized references.
*Grand Exalted Order of the Ohio Spirit
Quest*
